From 17 till 21 September 2018, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and LifeWatch Belgium will be organizing the 53rd edition of the European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS53) in Ostend, Belgium.

Be there since this will be a special edition with – on top of a general session – a focus on ‘Marine Biology research from a Historical Perspective', ‘Science in a Modern Era', ‘Marine and Coastal Citizen Science' and ‘Science in the North Sea'. We warmly welcome participation from European as well as non-European countries.

At present we are developing a program of inspirational speakers and will announce more details in due course. Registration and abstract submission will be opened from January 15, 2018 onwards.

LifeWatch Italy and EUDAT organise the workshop Ontology & Semantic Web for Research, which will take place in Lecce, in the fascinating historical framework of Monastero degli Olivetani (University of Salento) from 11 to 14 July 2017.

The workshop participation is free of charges, but we do not offer financial support for travel and accommodation.